Malaria in South Asia, 2010 Eradication and Resurgence During the Second Half of the Twentieth Century Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research Series, Vol. 1
Coordonnateurs : Akhtar Rais, Dutt Ashok K., Wadhwa Vandana
Rais Akhtar is CSIR Emeritus Scientist at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has published more then 12 books and numerous articles on medical geography. He is the recipient of multiple international fellowships, and was nominated to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which co-won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 with Al Gore.
Dr. Ashok K. Dutt is Professor Emeritus of Geography, Planning, and Urban Studies at The University of Akron. He has published in major journals of the world and has written and edited over 20 books. He has been a Fulbright Scholar and Ford Foundation Fellow, received the R.N. Dubey Foundation award for Lifetime Achievement in Geography, and was honored with the title of Bhugool Bachaspati (Most Learned Geographer) in 2008 at the National Congress of National Association of Indian Geographers.
Dr. Vandana Wadhwa is Lecturer at Boston University, Massachusetts. She has published in several major journals and contributed various books chapters and encyclopedia entries. She is the former Chair of the Health & Medical Geography Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers, Secretary-Treasurer of its Disability Specialty Group, and Director of South Asia Studies within the Asian Geography Specialty Group.
Provides geographical perspective and diffusion analysis of malaria in the recent history of the South Asian countries
An interdisciplinary approach: medical geography, Asian studies, planning, epidemiology, pure sciences (vaccine and genetic engineering considerations, clinical study reports) and public health are interrelated
Contains up-to-date information for scholars and professionals in health planning and development, also valuable for students
Date de parution : 12-2009
Ouvrage de 241 p.
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Date de parution : 03-2012
Ouvrage de 241 p.
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South Asia; eradicated; malaria; population; resurgence; urban ecology